Stephanie Cole: Diana Trent

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Diana : Will you two old lizards get on with it! I'm freezing to death.

  Tom : Basil said there's a vulture in the tree.

  Diana : There is no vulture in the tree, Tom; get on with it.

  Tom : Basil!

  Basil : What?

  Tom : You were distracting me so that you could move your ball! You were doing a Diana!

  Basil : I didn't more it. The earth suddenly tilted on its axis; that's what moved it.

  Tom : The earth *moved*?

  Basil : Yes, happens all the time when I'm around. Ask Doris Biggert.

  [laughs] 

  Diana : You are a filthy little ferret, Basil.

  Basil : Ooh, thank you, Diana. I try my best.

• [last lines] 

  Diana : Let me out!